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Great Gatsby Chapters 6-7 Vocabulary
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| antecedents | predecessors |
| conceits | fanciful ideas |
| contingencies | possible outcomes |
| debauchee | person corrupted by indulgence |
| dilatory | tardy |
| euphemisms | inoffensive expressions that stand in for potentially offensive ones |
| ineffable | indescribable |
| ingratiate | to gain favor by flattery |
| insidious | treacherous |
| laudable | commendable; praiseworthy |
| lethargic | sluggish |
| meretricious | pretentious |
| notoriety | fame |
| oblivious | forgetful |
| perturbed | bothered |
| profusion | abundance |
| ramifications | consequences |
| reposing | placing |
| robust | healthy; thriving |
| septic | toxic |
| transpired | developed; become apparent |
| turgid | excessively embellished |
| boisterously | rowdily |
| caravansary | hotel |
| irreverent | lacking proper respect |
| libertine | a person unrestrained by conventions or morality |
| morbid | gloomy; gruesome |
| portentous | overwrought; pompous |
| precipitately | suddenly |
| prig | obnoxiously proper person |
| stagnant | stale |
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